Hiroki Koga
Hiroki Koga
Artist Information
- Name: Hiroki Koga (古賀博樹)
- Favorite texture: Elastic
- Disliked texture: Puffy
- Favorite taste: Fussy and heavy
- Disliked taste: Sour
- Favorite condition: Being a prisoner of sleepiness
- Disliked condition: Having a full stomach
Profile
Hiroki Koga has been with BEMANI since near the very beginning, starting off as a sound data anaylzer in beatmania 2ndMIX back in 1998. In addition to doing notecharts for both beatmania and the early beatmania IIDX games, Hiroki was also the sound director of the first two KEYBOARDMANIA games (a position that Seiya Murai filled in for the third and final game).
Starting with pop'n music 4, Hiroki also started contributing to the pop'n music series, which he has worked on near exclusively after KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX, writing music for the series up until 17 THE MOVIE (with the exception of 8, though he did みなしごハッチ's notecharts). He also provided the soundtrack for QUIZ MAGIC ACADEMY IV and V, as well as Busou Shinki Battle Rondo and OTOMEDIUS.
Hiroki's music tended to be instrumental, with a more orchestral sound compared to other BEMANI artists, often containing several acoustic instruments in his tracks. He also extensively worked in jazz and rock songs during his tenure.
Not unlike Asaki, Hiroki Koga is a very reclusive person. No widely known pictures of him exist on the Internet, he almost never appeared in any BEMANI events (only appearing in a single event), and he's barely ever given any interviews.
After pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE, Hiroki stopped contributing to BEMANI altogether. He then composed music for the first two Tenkaichi Shogi Association (天下一将棋会) games in 2010 and 2011 respectively. His last credited new work on an album was for the 2012 Nintendo 3DS game NEW Love Plus (NEW ラブプラス).
Hiroki transferred to the Konami Digital Entertainment department at an unknown date.
Trivia
- Hiroki was listed as Special Thanks in Super Bomberman R (スーパーボンバーマンR) in 2017 and in the MUSIC from KONAMI ANTIQUES ~FAMILY COMPUTER~ album in 2023.
Aliases
- ナヤ～ン / Naya~n
- Blue & Green
- ensemble futuro
- N
- Naya~n Jr.
- NAYA~N交響楽団
- NL&P
- Sarastro
- St. Naya~n
- パンダバンダ
- ナヤ～ン・ブラザーズ・バンド
- ナヤ～ン & His Orchestra
- ナヤ〜ン団
- ナヤ～ンたち
- 菜楊
- Ritter (with Kozo Nakamura)
- Mr.Valentine